1596. The Five All-Stars Who Feel Honored (5000 words)
On the afternoon of the 15th, Sun Ce went to New Orleans alone with a few teammates and a few stars who had made an appointment to perform together before the All-Star Game to make a James bag.
Lily Collins is pregnant, although she has just been pregnant for a short time, and theoretically it does not affect her daily life, but Sun Ce's parents have a completely different view, and now Lily Collins is a "very high-risk group" in their eyes.
Lily Collins doesn't go to New Orleans, and Little Gohan won't go, so Zu Goose refuses to ask for leave to accompany Sun Ce to New Orleans, because Sun Ce is going to have a new child, Zu Goose, who wants to hold the child for a long time and treats Little Gohan as his own child, is worried that Little Gohan will fall out of favor, and he is particularly uneasy.
Sun Ce's parents...... Now they are ignoring Sun Ce, and they are about to hug their second grandson or first granddaughter, so they don't care what Sun Ce wants to do.
Sun Ce was once again in a state of abandonment......
This year's All-Star Weekend is from the 17th to the 19th, and the rookie game will start the day after tomorrow, counting tonight, to the All-Star game's performance, it will be 3 days, and when they go out together after lunch at noon, James, Wade, Love, Irving...... The old members and the new members were asking Sun Ce what he wanted to perform.
For just three days, even if the fans don't care whether they perform professionally or not, they want to perform as well as possible.
But Sun Ce has never put his mind on this, and he is really unprepared.
Luckily, though, there is an event that can be triggered actively.
Sun Ce first perfunctory, talked about the hotel in New Orleans and then told them what he wanted to perform.
After feeling sad for his family status for a while, Sun Ce sighed that his family was fortunate not to have dogs or cats, otherwise the family status would inevitably decline further.
Focus on the performance, it must be a good performance, the fans are the parents of food and clothing, whether it is the fans who watch the game on the spot, or the fans who watch the football from live TV and online broadcast, they must be responsible for them.
It can't be said that they don't have too many requirements, so they can't prepare well, since they have taken on this task, they have to perform well, and the fans can watch the performances of professional singers or world-class dance troupes with Grammys.
"Brother Learner, what is the incident of betting with a lottery card? Use that! ”
"Artist's Rhapsody (All-Star Weekend Exclusive): The host can put in a raffle card, specify a literary genre, and randomly get a perfect interpretation card of that genre.
Specifiable types: Singing and dancing, musical instruments, stunts, ......
If the host's performance before the All-Star Game is sincerely loved by the fans or infects the fans, they can get a special reward: the level of the raffle card invested will be increased and returned. (The highest level of the return raffle card is A)"
Sun Ce decisively put the B-level lottery card that he had kept into it and designated the song and dance interpretation card.
"The host has invested in a B-level lottery card, designated singing and dancing interpretation cards, congratulations to the host for getting a random singing and dancing card."
With a thought, Sun Ce directly used the card he had just gotten.
"The host uses a random song and dance card...... Congratulations to the host for getting the song card: ......"
The system screen switches to the prop space, and there is an extra sheet music.
At the same time, Sun Ce's mind had more "singing memories" of this song.
This Sun Ce is a little painful, this is a solo song of the orchestra!
Even if it's a choral song!
"Eh, wait, this song is a bit in line with my grandson's current family situation and mood!"
As a man who was "abandoned" but loved his wife who had just been testified, Sun Ce looked at the lyrics and felt that this song was so wonderful!
As for the rest, due to the retirement of Nash and Yao Ming, Randolph and Duncan, and Bosh were not selected as All-Stars, there are a few fewer people in the All-Star Dance Team this year, and last year's dance team members are only four people: Sun Someone, James, Kobe, and Wade.
So this year, the re-selected All-Stars Love and Irving were recruited to join, and there are only 6 people.
To be honest, this person didn't deliberately absorb more members this year, and he is used to square dancing together...... No, it's Sun Ce, who is dancing happily with a bunch of people, and I feel that the number of people is too small.
It just so happens that these people seem to be more or less able to order musical instruments, why don't you let this brother have five accompaniments and harmonies?
After making up his mind, Sun Ce will not be so painful immediately, and he will express his sadness that his family status has been seriously affected again during the All-Star Weekend!
However, Sun Ce took another look at the name of the event that was actively triggered—the artist's rhapsody.
"Hey, use music to express emotions, sure enough, my grandson can't escape the title of people's artist."
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Most of the players have already started to take vacations, and those All-Stars who are considered by the league to be great in some way, or who have the potential to become stars, still have to keep working.
Excellence often requires more work from capable people, and sometimes the better the better, the more so.
Heading into the All-Star Weekend holiday, fans continue to be interested in the NBA, and this year's All-Star Weekend has four games that fans really want to watch.
In the rookie game, what kind of sparks will be sparked by the mixed team of 13 and 12 players?
In the three-point competition, how will the revenge of the little bully perform?
In the All-Star Game, due to the changes in the team of several All-Star players last summer, who will win the MVP this time...... There is also the performance before the All-Star Game, which has not yet been announced, and many of the stars who have participated in the show in the past two or three years have retired or stayed away from the All-Star Game.
Also, in the Shooting Star Challenge, can Bosh continue his dominance? Can you continue to win the championship under the encirclement of three father-son pairs?
In the previous half-time curtain call, the Grizzlies' game against the Thunder had already detonated the enthusiasm of the fans.
The aftermath of the NFL is completely over; Ice hockey is more popular in Canada and much lower in the United States; Baseball is a summer sport, and major league baseball is generally not best until the middle of the season, which is different from the other three major leagues, the baseball leagues of other countries are okay, and here in North America, athletes are relatively slow to enter the state after a winter or half a spring.
Except for the major league hockey, which cannot only be played at a fixed time, the other three major leagues have staggered the most exciting and intense stages of their leagues with each other.
Therefore, in North America, from the end of the Super Bowl in early February, from the beginning of the All-Star Weekend to June, these four and a half months are the hottest stage of the NBA.
Since there are still two days left for the start of the All-Star Weekend, two days after Sun Ce's crazy quadruple-doubles, Sun Ce's marriage proposal, and Sun Ce's certificate, the fans were focused on the All-Star Weekend, the performance of each team in the first half of the season, and the performance of each player in the first half of the season.
In terms of teams, the best performance at the moment is the Pacers.
The Pacers, who have played 53 games, have a terrifying record of 46 wins and 7 losses, ranking first in the league!
In the East, the Bulls are in second place with 41 wins and 13 losses; The Wizards came back in the final game before the All-Star Weekend, 33-21 and in third place in the East; The 76ers are 32-22 and fourth in the East.
The Raptors are fifth at 31-22, the Nets are sixth at 31-23, the Knicks are seventh at 30-24, the Hornets are eighth at 29-25, the Cavaliers are ninth at 28-25, the Hawks are tenth at 28-25, and the Pistons are 11th at 26-27......
The gap between 3rd and 11th places in the East is very small, and a winning streak of a team, or a losing streak of a team, can have a huge impact on the standings.
In the West, the Lakers did not play Kobe Bryant and James in the last game before the All-Star Weekend, and were upset by the Kings, with a record of 43 wins and 11 losses, falling to second place in the West; The Spurs' troika + Guy took a break and steadily defeated the Nuggets, 44-10 to return to first place in the West.
It was a throwback to the '03-04 season 10 years ago, when the Spurs were first in the West before All-Star Weekend, but the Pacers were first in the league.
That year, the Pacers team led a group of talented young players with a veteran who was no longer as strong as he used to be, and played the best half-way record in team history; That year, the strongest star of the Spurs was called Duncan......
Third is the rising Trail Blazers with a 40-14 record, the Grizzlies are fourth with a 36-16 record, the Mavericks are fifth with a 34-20 record, the Warriors are sixth with a 32-21 record, the Jazz are seventh with a 32-22 record, the Thunder are eighth with a 30-24 record, and the Timberwolves are ninth with a 27-27 record.
There are 20 teams currently competing for playoff spots this year, and one team, the Nuggets, can't swing and can't make the playoffs.
There are also 9 teams that are already happily heading towards Wiggins.
The league's bottom-to-bottom Clippers are currently 5-39, not without a chance to break the lowest winning percentage in history set by the Bobcats in the 11-12 season, and even the 76ers' all-time record of 9-73 in the 1972-1973 season has a chance to break, anyway, there is no suspense for the Clippers to break their worst record of 12-70 in team history.
In terms of player performance, at the end of the half-season, Sun Ce, Westbrook, James, Rose, and Evans became the top five players in the first half of the season.
Among them, the person who is now regarded as the strongest player is Sun Ce!
Even if the trouble the team has encountered this season, Sun Ce has relied on 14 single-game 40+ performances, one of which is 60+ and one is 70+, and 26 triple-doubles to help the Grizzlies hold up their record in this difficult season.
Of course, the Grizzlies' young players have started to take on the heavy lifting this season and have been doing very well.
Klay Thompson maintained last season's performance by relying on more accurate shooting when his interior strength was weakened; Paul George has become more and more well-rounded and has become a first-class playmaker; Yi Jianlian developed three points and played a peak performance; Although Beverley has more injury time, he has shown the strength of a top-tier 3-and-D point guard......
Sun Ce's personal aspect is now the first in the scoring list, triple-double list, and block list! He averaged 33.3 points, 13.5 rebounds, 9.1 assists, 3.4 blocks and 1.5 steals per game, which can only be described as crazy.
The regular season is coming to an end after All-Star Weekend, with teams still having 28 to 30 games to play...... Most teams have 28 games, a small number of teams have 29 games, and only the Grizzlies have 30 games.
This means that the Grizzlies will have one more game than most teams in late February and March.
This is a huge test in the eyes of experts and the media.
It may seem like just one more game, but it can actually have a big impact!
The league has begun to adjust its schedule this year, with each team having 1-3 more games than previous seasons ahead of All-Star Weekend, making it easier for teams to play after All-Star Weekend.
While other teams are relaxed, the Grizzlies' February-April schedule hasn't changed, and that's the increase in difficulty.
There are more games to watch after this year's All-Star weekend, with 9 teams in the East vying for 6 playoff spots, and on the West side, although the strong are ridiculously strong and the weak are too weak, the gap between the 3rd and 9th is not so big, in case hell, the Timberwolves have a wave of winning streaks, and there is still a theoretical chance to rush to the third.
And the battle between the Spurs and the Lakers for the first place in the West is also very fierce, and what kind of record can the Pacers end up with?
With a Nene last season, James and Bosh went on a 30-game winning streak with Wade, who had a serious decline, and 70 wins in a single season, and the Pacers are currently on a better record than the Heat last season...... Before last season, it was assumed that only the Bulls could win 70 wins, after all, the Lakers had only won 69 of their 33 consecutive wins.
But now, it's hard to say anything!
The group of players of the Pacers is really popular this year, Hibbert, as a defense-oriented player, the defensive data is not so good-looking, and the offensive data is more average, but he has been ranked in the top ten of the MVP list for a long time, and it seems that the best defensive player has been eaten by him, Ibaka, Noah, Chandler, Paul George, James These players are all accompanied.
When the discussion among netizens reached a climax, late at night on February 15, the NBA officially announced a deal that seemed innocuous to others and was related to the object of discussion among fans.
The Pacers sent Danny Granger, Odom Johnson, a 2014 second-round pick and a deal with the Kings in exchange for Evan Turner and John Salmons.
The deal was made, and most of the media and fans felt that the Pacers were making money!
Granger and John Salmons are both players who can't play on big contracts, with the former playing just 22 games this season and shooting 35 percent from the field; The latter has not played a few times in the Kings this year, and in the 2009-2010 season, he played the peak performance of his career and got a 4-year, 30 million contract, who knew that John Salmons would be scrapped with a big contract, and now it is finally in his final year.
The Kings made this deal to avoid the embarrassment of whether to renew Evan Turner's contract, and Evan Turner was like chicken ribs for the Kings, and it was a pity to discard it if he was tasteless, so he simply traded it for a second-round pick.
By the way, the Kings' salary this year has not yet reached the poor line, and it is just right to eat Granger's contract.
The Pacers, on the other hand, used Granger's contract of more than 14 million plus Odom Johnson's more than 1 million in exchange for two expiring contracts of Evan Turner and John Salmons, reduced the salary by more than 4 million, and reduced the total salary to 76 million to avoid paying the luxury tax.
And the Pacers got Evan Turner, a 13+5+3 level playmaking forward, which seems to be a great reinforcement, which is about equivalent to exchanging Granger for Evan Turner, who is no longer able to play the ball, for Evan Turner in the final year of his rookie contract!
After the deal was completed, the Pacers' operation was widely praised.
But that night, Sun Ce, who had just discussed playing songs together with his teammates who performed before the All-Star Game, was speechless when he saw the deal - did the Pacers really want to save that part of their salary no matter what?
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Originally, the Pacers completed the trade with the 76ers, who were in a bad position and had a total salary of less than the poor line, and here was the Kings, who were also bad and had a salary of less than the poor line.
The Pacers trade, Sun Ce can understand, can get Evan Turner and save salary, is a team willing to do.
But because Sun Ce knows the huge impact the deal will have on the Pacers, his views are far from the rest.
A moment of silence for the young lads of the Pacers, Lance Stephenson and Hibbert, the two thorns, without Granger holding them down...... The picture is beautiful!
On February 16th, Sun Ce participated in a business event in the morning, and this morning he had two promotional activities, the first was to promote the Air-Jordan replica sneakers, this year is the promotion period for the replica sneakers, and next year, it will be his turn to promote his three sneakers.
The second was a platform for the promotion of the products of several online companies in which he and John's investment company had invested.
In the afternoon, Sun Ce began to cooperate with professional bands to practice instruments for James, Love, Kobe, Wade, and Irving.
These guys can more or less order musical instruments, James...... After entering the NBA, he learned to play the violin; Love and Owen played their guitars well; Wade is more versatile, and many instruments are dabbled; Kobe Bryant is the most awesome in this regard, the piano level is extremely high, of course, there is no comparison with the professional, but he has a superior family since he was a child, and he has had a professional piano teacher since he was more than two years old, and the NBA piano level can only be compared with Grant Hill.
These 5 people, together with two professional musicians, practiced all afternoon, but they also looked good.
Originally, these five people were looking forward to a team performance, but seeing the score copied by Sun Ce, and the professional band prepared by the NBA for them, the song was highly praised...... Kobe, James, Love, Wade, and Irving feel that it is an honor to give harmony and accompaniment to a Grammy-level singer!
But this also makes several superstars very painful - this girl's music level is so high, can't she sing well? Do you have to play basketball?
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On February 17th, the NBA2013-2014 New Orleans All-Star Weekend kicked off!
This year, the Grizzlies had two players in their rookie game, and their teammates who came to New Orleans were there to cheer on Hardaway Jr.
Originally, Sun Ce and others didn't have too many expectations for Hardaway Jr. and Valanciunas's performance tonight, they thought that Hardaway Jr. and Valanciunas were here to make up the numbers, but they didn't expect Hardaway Jr. to wave up in such a game that was regarded as a dunk game!